MATERIAL MASTERDefinitionThe information on a material that a company procures, produces, sells and stores iscalled as Material Master.

The data contained in the Material Master is requiredo in purchasing for orderingo in inventory management for goods movement posting and physical inventoryo in invoice verification for posting invoiceso in sales and distribution for sales order processingo in production planning for work scheduling and in Material RequirementPlanning (MRP)o In accounting for Material Valuation

MATERIAL MASTER CUSTOMIZATIONMaterial Master Customization includes some customizing settings which are thefollowing,

Industry Sector Material Type Number Ranges Valuation Class Data Screens Field Selection

IndustryIndustry Sector:When you create a material master record, you are required to classify the materialsaccording to industry sector & material type.ORIndustry Sector tells which particular industry the company belongs to and accordinglyone can configure material master records based on industry sector.Note:

Once you have assigned an industry sector to a material, you cannot change theindustry sector again.

Industry sector controls screen sequence and field selectionPath:SPROSAP Reference IMGLogistics GeneralMaterial MasterFieldSelectionDefine Industry Sectors and Industry Sector Specific Field selectionORTransaction Code ----- OMS3Steps:

Go to ‘OMS3’ T-Code

Material Type:Materials which are having same attributes or characteristics are grouped together andassign to a material type.Ex: Raw Materials, Semi-finished products, finished products.

It also determines which accounts are posted when a material is posted to stock It is a four (4) char. Alpha numeric It controls Number Assignment Field selection

Which screen/view is displayed and in which order. Valuation Class in Accounting view of Material Master Price control (Standard / Moving Average Price (MAP))

Path:SPROSAP Reference IMGLogistics GeneralMaterial MasterBasicSettingsMaterial TypesDefine attributes of Material TypesORTransaction Code ----- OMS2Some Material TypesROH - Raw MaterialHALB - Semi-finishedHAWA - Trading GoodsFERT - Finished ProductHIBE - Consumables (Operating supplies)( both quantity & value updating)NLAG - Non Stock MaterialUNBW - Non Valuated MaterialVERP - PackagingBAEN - ServiceWEIT - Competitor Products(No value & No quantity update)LEIH - Returnable PackagingNumber Ranges:Numbers having starting and ending values is called Number Ranges.Path:SPROSAP Reference IMGLogistics GeneralMaterial MasterBasicSettingsMaterial TypesDefine Number ranges for each Material TypeORTransaction Code ----- MMNRSteps:

Go to ‘MMNR’ T-CodeValuation Class:Valuation Class is used to combine materials for assigning GL accounts ,so that you donot have to manage a separate stock account for each material.Path:SPROSAP Reference IMGMaterials ManagementValuation and AccountAssignmentAccount DeterminationAccount Determination without wizardDefineValuation ClassesORTransaction Code ----- OMSKData Screens:A Data Screen is made up of individual sub screens by removing unwanted sub screensand including others from other Data Screens together to form a Screen Sequence.We can transport Screen Sequence/Data Screens from the test system toproduction system by selecting Screen Sequence or Data Screens required.We have to fulfill the following

Define Screen Sequences Assign Screen Sequences

Define Screen SequencesPath:SPROSAP Reference IMGLogistics-GeneralMaterial MasterConfiguringMaterial MasterDefine Structure of Data Screens for each Screen Sequence

ORTransaction Code ---- OMT3BSteps:

Go to ‘OMT3B’ T-Code